Milligan lost her 19-year-old daughter just one day shy of her 20th birthday after a car accident on the night of Aug. 4.

Ouellette was critically-injured in a single-vehicle accident on County Rd. 45 near Hastings, about two hours east of Toronto.

The family said Ouellette was coming home to Warkworth after attending a friends house in Peterborough. Ouellette was to be in a wedding last Saturday and missed the rehearsal, but wanted to meet up with her friends. She had finished her last class at Durham College in Oshawa where she was studying to be a dental hygienist.

The family believes she was travelling from Peterborough to Brighton and they believe her GPS took her down Hwy. 7 to County Rd. 45. Ouellette was ejected from the vehicle and thrown approximately 15 metres.

Fire, paramedics and police all responded to the rollover.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started prior to emergency services arriving on scene. Paramedics continued and she was transferred to Campbellford hospital before being airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centrel in Toronto. A CT-scan confirmed that Ouellette had suffered a broken neck and had significant brain injuries. Approximately 22 hours after the collision, the popular teenager with a shining, bright future ahead of her, was declared clinically dead.

Ouellette always wore her seatbelt, always, her mother said. To the point she made sure others were wearing theirs.

The exact cause of the crash is still under investigation. It’s unknown whether the seatbelt wasn’t fastened properly or maybe because weighing only 98 pounds, she may have slipped out as the vehicle rolled.

The family may never know.

Rob Milligan wants to ensure two major caveats shine clear on his proposed bill, which he is working alongside his sister to revive.

The first being if a person signed their organ donor card it couldn’t be changed.

As it stands now, if Ouellette’s parents had wanted to, they could have revoked their daughter’s wish to have her organs donated in “a moment of extreme emotion,” he said.

Milligan also wants for the signature to stand on its own and not be allowed to change by anyone, including a family member.

The second proposed item stipulates everyone is a donor when you register your health card or driver’s licence, but you can opt out for religious or personal reasons if you wish.

Basically, you’re in, unless you say you’re out.

“That would save so much administratively and would also save so many lives,” said the former Northumberland-Quinte West MPP. “I have to say, there were numerous Liberals and NDP who worked with me on the bill. It didn’t happen because Mr. McGuinty dissolved parliament.”

In essence, though all parties agreed, time ran out. Milligan lost his riding in 2014 and the bill was forgotten.

Ouellette played hockey, had been in cadets, and was a hard worker, who had two jobs – one at Tim Horton’s and another as a waitress.

Her parents are not surprised she was so selfless in both life and death.

She’s donated her heart, lung, liver, kidneys, eyes, tissue and more to save other lives.

Christine Milligan hopes to have the bill re-introduced to the House and call it, “Cassidey’s bill” in her daughter’s honour.

“John and I are very supportive of our children and we would support then no matter what their choices,” she said. “It just seems right to support something she choose to support at such a young age.”